I recently got a new graphics card and I want to have windows on my computer to play windows only games in my steam library. I currently have Ubuntu 14.04 install and perfectly configured and has all ...

I commonly reinstall Ubuntu and back up my APT stuff [sources, keys and installed package lists] using the tutorial at http://askubuntu.com/a/99151/371765. However I commonly also remove software such ...

what's behind Ubuntu 12.04 default GUI backup program? Does it use some program which also has command line interface (I always like the flexibility of command line programs, although harder to use)? ...

I am not sure what tool under Ubuntu to use for back up yet.
If the last full or incremental backup finished without reporting any problem but there actually was a problem, can some tool report its ...

When shall we use block level backup and when file level backup?
is block level backup mostly or only used for backing up an entire partition? If no, when does it apply to part of a partition's back ...

I plan to move from linux o/s a directory which is mounted on SAN(offboard) to external storage for backup. The dir size is 14TB.
I do have experience moving files in/out using rsync but never done ...

Backing up a partition takes long. Is it possible for me to edit a few files in that partition, while backing up the partition, so that the backup is still up to date, i.e. the same as the partition ...

I maintain a weekly updated backup of my whole hard disk with Kubuntu 14.04, thanks to Rsync. I rarely need to restore the back up, but today I did something nasty to my OS, too complex to try to fix ...

I'm very very new to Linux/command line stuff. I'm trying to figure out a way to automatically back up my server. Ideally, I'd like to set up an automated system to create a system image and sync it ...

duplicity is run with full every month and increment every week. Now and then I remove all but 3 full backups.
However the last duplicity collection-status returned:
Found 3 secondary backup chains.
...

My Windows just recently died and now I want to copy all the files from the C: drive to my external HDD. And you might be wondering why all files? Because I'm afraid I might forget something in the ...

I had to abort a backup of my system because it stalled on the file /proc/kcore. I check its size and, well, the file is enormous. Checking Google, it seems that many other people have absurdly large ...

I would like to backup my system in such a way that if I ever had to reinstall ubuntu I can very quickly return to my "old" setup. In other words, I would like to be able to recuperate all my files, ...

I'm looking at doing a full reinstall in order to change my FS and implement FDE. I'm hoping for 2 scripts. (I am not a coder of any kind)
first script (backup)
create list of ppas/repos
create list ...

I just reinstalled my ubuntu 12.04 and during the back-up restore my screen just turned off but my computer is still working. The hard drive's light is off. I guess its no longer in use. It's has been ...

I have installed grsync so I can backup files from my laptop to my folder on a local server. When I run it manually, the files copy across, no problem.
I want this to happen automatically when I log ...

I want to know how to make a simple backup from one server to another.
I have 2 servers (one for websites, the other is empty) and I would make up the folder html (/var/www/html/ of apache) via SSH ...

I have a server with 3 seperate websites on it. I want to switch mail transfer agents from sendmail to postfix. Switching from sendmail to postfix means thatat sendmail will have to be uninstalled. ...

I am compiling some packages onto an external USB flash drive. Unfortunately, the compiling has not been going 100% and I often have to try redoing packages with different settings.
To make sure that ...

I am interested in storing data on a USB drive every time my system boots. I have placed a script in the init.d directory but I am not able to copy my data in the USB stick. Is it possible that the ...

I have an Ubuntu Server and one of its "tasks" is to mirror/backup files located on another server in a different location using rsync/rdiff-backup.
I know there are some conventions like web pages ...

I have an issue with the Deja-Dup backup utility in Ubuntu Gnome 14.04.1. I have it set to automatically backup every day and it backs up my entire home folder with a few sub-folders excluded. There ...

Inside I found configuration files for Deluge, which I needed to for a list of torrents. Does it contains all similar files?
If that so, can I just copy whole folder before reinstalling whole Ubuntu ...

Today, I bought a second server almost identical to my first one (I guess). Specs (processor model, RAM, HDD) are the same.
But I failed to copy the disk of the first one to the second one. It didn't ...

I have been trying to get my laptop to dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu for hours and hours. No matter what I do there is just something else wrong.
I want to just wipe Windows off my computer entirely ...